Cheating in Examination
Read the following passages and answer the questions given at the end of each:
Cheating in the examination is a major defect of our educational system. The cheating has become so common that students consider it their birth-right to use unfair means in the examination. The root cause of this evil lies in our schools. Short-cuts have replaced hard labour. Guides and notes are encouraged in place of textbooks. In all school examinations except the Middle and the Matric examinations, teachers show leniency to the students and pass most of them. Sometimes, even the parents are at fault. They get their undeserving wards promoted to a higher class. The students do not cultivate the habit of self-study and hard-work. Then in the Board Examination, students resort to copying. The teachers on duty encourage the students to use unfair means to pass the examinations. The desire to show good results motivates them to adopt wrong methods.
Questions :
(a) What has become so common?
(b) How are parents responsible for this evil?
(c) What is the root cause of this evil?
(d) Why do teachers encourage students to use unfair means?
(e) Write the noun form of ‘cultivate’.
Answers :
(a) Cheating in examination has become very common.
(b) They get their undeserving wards promoted to higher classes.
(c) The root cause of this evil lies in our schools. Short-cuts have replaced hard labour. Guides and notes are encouraged in place of textbooks.
(d) The teachers encourage students to use unfair means in order to achieve good results.
(e) Cultivation.
